THE DOVE | SUMMER | MAY, JUNE, JULY 2022
Gardening
Good News for our neighbors
The St. David’s Good News Garden Pantry Patch was created in the spring of 2012 as a senior internship project by Bailey Kimmel. Relationships with local community centers and parishes were established and grants were acquired from local nonprofits and diocesan funds. A corner section in the greater St. David’s Community garden was allocated for the purpose of growing and caring for fresh produce exclusively intended for local soup kitchens and parish feeding ministries. Nine raised boxes were created by Fritz Fischer as an Eagle Scout final project and donated to the Pantry Patch. Dirt and compost were donated from local garden shops, and plants were purchased with the help of grants. The following year several other Eagle Scouts created a new deer--proof fence to surround the entire community garden and decrease the amount of damage caused each year. In 2020, new boxes were made by the Kimmel and Farrow families and an energetic group of volunteers tends the Pantry Patch, which is currently partnered with the Ardmore Food Pantry, run out of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Ardmore. This year’s Opening Meeting, Blessing, and Workday will be held on Saturday, May 7th from 9am-12pm. New people may join in planting-praying-proclaiming the good news of gardening! There is an interest survey online in the Opening event information found at https://stdavidschurch.org/event/2022-good-newsgarden-opening/to request a plot or join the community gardeners who grow food for St. David’s friends at the Ardmore Food Pantry. Beginning gardeners are welcome! The Good News Garden participation survey and Opening Event information are available at stdavidschurch.org/event/2022-good-news-garden-opening/.
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